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• FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP)
• US student rapped for 'appalling' Japan rant (AFP)
• Obama presses Congress on rewriting education law (AP)
• Police: Moose attacked 6-year-old boy in Alaska (AP)
• Get Paid to Teach Anything With New Online Education Platform (Mashable)
• No Child Left Behind: Why Congress will struggle to hit Obama's deadline (The Christian Science Monitor)

FACT CHECK: Are 82 percent of schools 'failing'? (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:20 PM PDT AP - President Barack Obama declared this week that four of five public schools could be labeled as "failing" this year under the No Child Left Behind Act if Congress does not take action to rewrite the law.

US student rapped for 'appalling' Japan rant (AFP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:23 PM PDT AFP - A US student has received threats after a video of her ranting against Asians, including Japanese calling home about the quake disaster, went viral online, a spokesman said Tuesday.

Obama presses Congress on rewriting education law (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:30 AM PDT AP - President Barack Obama is making fresh arguments for a rewrite of the No Child Left Behind law while paying tribute to student finalists in a special science competition.

Police: Moose attacked 6-year-old boy in Alaska (AP) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:33 AM PDT AP - Alaska authorities say a moose attacked a 6-year-old Anchorage boy as he walked home after getting off a school bus.

Get Paid to Teach Anything With New Online Education Platform (Mashable) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:59 PM PDT Mashable - The Spark of Genius Series highlights a unique feature of startups and is made possible by Microsoft BizSpark. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details here.

No Child Left Behind: Why Congress will struggle to hit Obama's deadline (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 07:10 PM PDT The Christian Science Monitor - President Obama’s call to Congress to significantly revise the nation’s top education law, No Child Left Behind, by the first day of the new school year faces tough headwinds on Capitol Hill, despite broad agreement on needed fixes.

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